Episode 64: Slice of the Paranormal appeared at Decades in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for their "TALES FROM THE SHADOWS A CRYPTID AND PARANORMAL WEEKEND AT DECADES" in 2025, and we plan to attend again in 2026. This event had all sorts of Cryptid fun to get into. A PARANORMAL & CRYPTID EXPERT MEET N' GREET LOU BERNARD author who documents his scientific investigations into ghosts, cryptids, and UFO sightings JEFFREY FRAZIER author writing about Pennsylvania folklore, history, and haunted sites & parks SWARTZ PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS team travelling around the region exploring and documenting paranormal sites JEANNE MORAN author writing imaginative stories full of memorable characters, some funny, some fantastical, others courageous ALBATWITCH FESTIVAL Meet the team behind the local Albatwitch Festival and learn more about this great community event MADCAP & CO. and LANCASTER TROLL MARKET will be at Decades selling monster merch and collectibles from Noon-4pm The place is also rumored to be haunted and was investigated by SWARTZ PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS. It was an incredible event and well attended. Not to nay that but Decades has a full restaurant and bar to grab some grub and spirits. The team then takes a short walk to Lancaster's "The Coffin Bar", which serves up some spooky cocktails with a side of the macabre. While closing up mysterious noises have been heard coming from the back room. Maybe all the Goat Heads and upside down crosses have invited something dark into this coffin shaped building. The Sites: Decades: https://www.decadeslancaster.com The Coffin Bar: https://springhousebeer.com/coffin

Episode 63: Slice of the Paranormal heads straight into the storm around D.B. Cooper, the skyjacker who vanished into legend. Our trail leads somewhere unexpected: Central Pennsylvania. We gained rare access to the long-shuttered Warden's House at the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, a place heavy with echoes and unanswered footsteps. Inside those walls, we chase the tangled story of Richard McCoy II, the escaped inmate who pulled off his own daring hijacking, jumped from the same model aircraft, and died in a brutal fight with the FBI. The parallels aren't just uncanny. They glare like a lantern in the dark. So was Richard McCoy II secretly D.B. Cooper? In this episode we dig into the prison history, the paranormal claims inside the Warden's House, and the evidence tying these two infamous sky pirates together. Come along. Bring your curiosity. Leave your certainty at the door.

Sources:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lewisburg-penitentiary-history-display-035900017.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Correctional_Institution,_Lewisburg?wprov=sfti1# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_McCoy_Jr.?wprov=sfti1# https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/richard-floyd-mccoy-jr https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166380047/richard_floyd-mccoy Site: https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/lew/

Episode 62: Slice of the Paranormal traveled to Christmas City USA, better known as Bethlehem Pennsylvania, to chase the lingering breath of Christmas Past. We wandered through shadows of ghostly carolers, stepped into a haunted bookstore that creaks like it remembers every visitor, and traced the footprints of Count Zinzendorf and the Moravians who shaped this place long before streetlights and shop windows. As you sit in the glow of your Christmas tree or holiday tree with a glass of egg nog warming your spirit, spare a thought for the town that claims the first documented Christmas tree in America. Bethlehem holds its history close, and those old stories drift through the streets like voices carried on winter air. We invite you to join us in walking these timeless paths, then settle in with a cocktail at the Sun Inn. Listen closely. The long gone may still be singing their hymns, steady as a memory that refuses to fade.

Sources: Bethlehem Ghosts: Historical Hauntings In & Around Pennsylvania's Christmas City by Katherine Ramsland & Dana DeVito 2007

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Zinzendorf?wprov=sfti1#Declining_years

Ghosthunting Pennsylvania by Rosemary Ellen Guiley 2009

Haunted Lehigh Valley by Kenneth Biddle 2010

Ghostly Tales of Pennsylvania by Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler 2024

Fifty Pennsylvania's Most Haunted Sites by Sherri Granato Haunted Objects of Pennsylvania by Ed Kelemen 2021

https://www.pennlive.com/life/2022/12/the-ghosts-of-christmas-city-the-spirits-of-bethlehem-pa.html?outputType=amp

Sites: Moravian University- https://www.moravian.edu Moravian Book Store- https://www.moravianbookshop.com Tavern at the Sun Inn- https://www.suninnbethlehem.org/tavern Bethlehem Christmas Shoppe and Hand Cut Crystal- https://bethlehemchristmasshoppe.com Historic Hotel Bethlehem- https://www.hotelbethlehem.com/utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=business_listing Gods Acre- Moravian Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Episode 61: Slice of the Paranormal travelled to York, Pennsylvania to visit the William C. Goodridge Freedom Center and Underground Railroad Museum, a site that once carried courage through its walls like a quiet current. The museum was closed that day, so we walked the grounds, watching the windows the way an old soul watches a storm, half expecting a restless hand to nudge one open. This house once displayed one of the first Christmas trees in York, a bright symbol of the season glowing inside a place that also carried people toward freedom. William Goodridge hid his work from the world to protect those fleeing bondage, and some say the spirits of those travelers still linger in the hand dug hiding space beneath the kitchen floor. Like something out of a Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, the chains of bondage are said to echo faintly through the structure, a reminder of the weight this home once held. Step into the season with us as we look upon that Christmas tree and reflect on the souls that once lived, hid, hoped, or perhaps still hover in this remarkable space. If you follow haunted history, Underground Railroad stories, or Pennsylvania legends, this visit will sit with you long after the lights go out. Sources: Spooky York Pennsylvania by Scott D. Butcher and Dinah Roseberry 2008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Goodridge?wprov=sfti1 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20183384/william-c.-goodridge http://www.friendsofthecemetery.org/history/alley_articles/goodridge_william_feb2004.shtml A Voice From Harper's Ferry by Osborne Perry Anderson https://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/andersonvoiceharpersferry.html The Freedman's Story by William Parker Parts I and II", Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XVII, February/March 1866, p. 153. https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/parker1/parker.html#freedman163 Site: William C. Goodridge Freedom Center and Underground Railroad Museum https://www.goodridgefreedomcenter.org

Episode 60: Slice of the Paranormal wanders into the haunted lobby bar of a historic hotel in York Pennsylvania and the spirits waste no time grabbing hold. We follow the staff through shadow filled corridors and sit down with Rissa Miller and Lon Strickler to dig into the ghost stories that have clung to this place for generations. Did a cigar salesman stroll in during the nineteen forties and never manage to leave. Are there more restless souls here than the ones poured into the glasses at its two bustling bars. What presence moves through the halls of this grand old hotel long after midnight. The Slice team raises their drinks and hunts for answers with a mix of courage curiosity and a touch of doubt that only grows stronger with every strange sound in the dark. Sources: Spooky York Pennsylvania by Scott D. Butcher and Dinah Roseberry 2008 https://www.ydr.com/story/opinion/2023/01/31/yorktowne-hotel-has-withstood-challenges-of-changing-city-for-decades/69860610007/ https://phantomsandmonsters.com Haunted Pennsylvania Online https://www.facebook.com/share/1CbKUdJqgU/?mibextid=wwXIfr Site https://yorktowne.com

Episode 59: Slice of the Paranormal heads straight into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the battlefield that shaped the Civil War and refuses to lie quietly. We investigate the Haunted Orphanage, a place where visitors claim the spirits of abused children linger in the cellar's grim Dungeon. We also tour the Jennie Wade House museum, home of the only civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg while she baked bread. Many believe the house still echoes with ghost children, Jennie Wade's father and unseen hands that tug at clothing. Sources: Haunted Pennsylvania by Mark Nesbitt and Patty A Wilson 2006 The Big Book of Pennsylvania Ghost Stories by Mark Nesbitt and Patty A Wilson 2008 Paranormal Experiences by D. E. Pope 2022 (Signed) Ghosts of Gettysburg 3 by Mark Nesbitt 1995 (Signed) Haunted History by the History Channel 01/04/19 Paranormal Experiences by D. E. Pope 2022 (Signed) Cursed in Pennsylvania by Mark Nesbitt and Patty Ghostly Tales of Pennsylvania by Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler 2024 Ghosts of Gettysburg by Mark Nesbitt 1991 More Ghosts of Gettysburg by Mark Nesbitt 1992 Haunted Objects of Pennsylvania by Ed Kelemen 2021 Boos and Brews by Patty A Wilson and Scott Crownover 2002 Weird Ghosts by Joanne Austin 2006 Gettysburg Haunted Address by Bernadette Loeffel -Atkins 2008 Haunted History by the History Channel 01/04/19 The Sites Haunted Orphanage https://www.gettysburgbattlefieldtours.com/ghost-tours/walking-tours/haunted-orphanage-tour/ Jennie Wade House Museum https://www.gettysburgbattlefieldtours.com/jennie-wade-house/

Episode 58: With a name like Hex Hollow, you know there's a story lurking in the shadows. In this episode, Slice of the Paranormal explores the haunted grounds of Hex Hollow in Pennsylvania and uncovers the chilling history behind the infamous Nelson Rehmeyer murder of 1928.

While Thanksgiving might smell of roasted turkey, in 1928 the only thing burning was Rehmeyer himself. His murder, tied to Pow Wow folk magic, sparked a national outcry against superstitious beliefs. Three young men were sentenced for the crime, yet decades later, locals report strange sounds echoing through the hollow. Are these the calls of Rehmeyer's animals, restless spirits, or shadows of witches past?

Hex Hollow has become a hotspot for ghost stories, supernatural legends, and tales of witchcraft. This site is private property, monitored by cameras and owned by a descendant, so visitors are asked to respect the land and stick to the road while exploring its haunted legacy.

Join us as we uncover the dark folklore, mysterious happenings, and paranormal echoes of Hex Hollow, Pennsylvania.

Sources:

• Pennsylvania Dutch Country Ghosts, Legends and Lore by Charles J. Adams III 1994
• Witches in Pennsylvania by Thomas White 2013
• The Big Book of Pennsylvania Ghost Stories by Mark Nesbitt and Patty A Wilson 2008
• Haunted Pennsylvania by Patty A Wilson 1998
• Cursed in Pennsylvania by Mark Nesbitt and Patty
• Spooky York Pennsylvania by Scott D. Butcher and Dinah Roseberry 2008
• Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania by Thomas White 2009
• https://thesquonkandthehag.com/2023/03/16/nelson-rehmeyer-the-hex-hollow-murder/
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109023095/nelson_dietrich-rehmeyer

Episode 57: Who knew the King of Spain once lived in Pennsylvania? In this episode, Slice of the Paranormal investigates the haunted history of Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, and his ghostly legacy across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We begin at the Bonaparte House in Philadelphia, where the spirit of Chloris Ingleby is said to linger. Some say she was shot and died on the property—others believe she escaped and still wanders, searching for the man she loved. Next, we travel to Point Breeze in Bordentown, New Jersey, where Joseph Bonaparte built his grand mansion and allegedly came face to face with the Jersey Devil itself. Finally, we wrap up our journey at the Old Town Pub, a haunt in every sense of the word, where we share a slice of pizza and a toast to the spirits of the past. Join us as we explore the royal ghost stories, Revolutionary whispers, and supernatural legends tied to America's exiled King of Spain. Sources: Philadelphia Ghost Stories by Charles J. Adams III 2007 Philadelphia Haunted Historic Walking Tour by Cynthia Bracelin 2013 Altoona Tribune. Sat, Aug 2, 1947 https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/joseph_bonaparte_and_the_jerse.html https://historycollection.com/king-bonaparte-and-the-jersey-devil-surprising-facts-about-a-bonapartes-life-in-america/